In art, earthenware covered with opaque colored glazes containing tin oxide. Its lustrous surface, usually decorated with striking ornamental designs in many colors, made it a leading luxury ware for table services, tiles, vases, and other objects from ancient times through the 1700s.
Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff body. The invention of a pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration ...
Egyptian faience is a non-clay ceramic displaying surface vitrification which creates a bright blue-green luster. It is called 'Egyptian faience' to distinguish it from Faience ...
Egypt: Egyptian Faience, A Feature Tour Egypt Story ... The sweet little blue-hued Hippopotamus figurine known as "William" is a fine example of faience-making.
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